This is the typically deceptive headline at the Minisrty of Truth, but what it amounts to is complete capitulation to Hizballah:

The army said the Hezbollah-allied head of security at Beirut airport should remain in his post and the group’s phone network be maintained.

Yesterday, Hezbollah captured Beirut. And George Bush did nothing. They will soon have control of the whole country, and Bush will do nothing. In many ways, Bush is to blame for this fiasco, as is Israel.

By invading Iraq and handing it over to Shi’ites, Bush completed the mission that neither Khomeini, nor Ahmadinejad ever could. By removing Saddam Hussein and the entire Sunni government structure from Iraq and giving it to Shi’ites who won’t hire Sunnis for any government and law enforcement positions, Bush ignited a Shi’ite revival–an extremist revival throughout not just the Middle East, but throughout the world. He created a contiguous, non-stop crescent-shaped Shi’ite region, ruled by Iran and its partner Syria–two terrorist states. And he did nothing to buffer or hinder it.

LevStrauss on May 9, 2008 at 4:41 PM

Like it or not, we are in a world war now.

Also, Iraq makes for a great Forward Operating Base (FOB) by which our military can strike those that have directly or indirectly declared war on us or have called for our destruction!

Liberty or Death on May 9, 2008 at 6:10 PM

Yup, we appear to have the Iranians right where they want us.

Just asking.

You comment is extraneous as Germany declared war on the U.S.

MB4 on May 9, 2008 at 4:43 PM

Extraneous, how so when Osama and all those that abide by his militant Islamic terrorist ideology declared war on us too, or did you forget that?

With that said any country that supports in any way the same ideology or terrorism either directly or indirectly should be considered hostile to our nation and its security!

You know, either you’re with us or against us, there can’t be any gray areas when it comes to war and defeating your enemy! War is black or white, it’s them (the ones that abide by Osama’s ideology, e.g., Hamas, Hez, Syria, Iran, etc) or us, and I (as well as many others) prefer it be them that gets it first instead of us!

Also, Iraq makes for a great Forward Operating Base (FOB) by which our military can strike those that have directly or indirectly declared war on us or have called for our destruction! So while you can argue about (and rightly so) how poorly the the end of hostilities were handled in Iraq or if we should have gone into Iraq in the first place, when you look at the situation in the long-term (outside the box) staying in Iraq so we have a FOB to go after our enemies (like Iran that continues a proxy war against us in Iraq) then it makes sense in the long term to stay in Iraq!

Me smells a hypocrite!

Liberty or Death on May 9, 2008 at 5:23 PM

I am not responsible for you sense of smell. You do recall, do you not, how many who are so for staying in Iraq under Bush or “Make it a hundred” McCain didn’t want to stay in Kosavo under Clinton? What (smell) goes around, comes around I guess.

OK mjk, you can post something from the National Enquirer on Lebanon or on Big Foot or UFO’s or Brittney or whatever you want. Only fair.

Is our current president so tied up in Iraq, which he seems to regard as the center of the universe, that he will do nothing to stop them?

MB4 on May 9, 2008 at 4:01 PM

I have to laugh at this one, first of all if the evil Bushitler (as the moonbat left calls him) were to respond by sending troops and military hardware the left would be up in arms and say it only proves Bushitler is eeeevvvviiiillll and this is just another example of Bushitler’s doctrine of “empire building!”

However, if Obama were president and he responded the same way the leftards would gush about what a humanitarian he is and why it’s so right and important that he did something to stop those evil Islamic militant terrorist jihadists, you know, those same fictitious enemies of ours that the leftards continue to refuse to acknowledge even exist, but instead say is an excuse for Bushitler to empire build and make lots of money on oil!

Me smells a hypocrite!

And MB4, are you going to use the National Enquirer as your next source of Middle Eastern information? They’re pretty much as accurate as Debka.

mjk on May 9, 2008 at 5:05 PM

You think so do you? Well I guess you do obviously. So you go as much or more by the National Enquirer then and I will go more by DEBKA.

MB4 btw Debka is not reliable so I wouldn’t use that as a source.

Lance Murdock on May 9, 2008 at 4:56 PM

I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but I think that they are a lot more reliable than you are, particularly as concerns Israel and the area around it.

MB4

Sorry to burst your bubble

I don’t have bubbles. You on the other hand … …

but when we, the United States of America are the only nation on Earth who gives a damn about innocent people

That is B.S. You have just smeared Britain, Israel, well all the other nations in the world. If no other country gave a damn about innocent people why would we even want to help people from other countries?

and has the capabilities of intervening to solve the problems, sometimes we just have to stuck it up and get involved.

I was involved once. Didn’t work out so well. How about you?
Besides, there is more than one way to “get involved” and it doesn’t have to be Islamic “nation building” in Iraq for 5 years, make it 50, make it a 100.

You could go on and say why aren’t we in Africa or some other region, but my defense to that is that we can’t be everywhere and we have to choose our battles that keeps the world as stable as possible.

Where did I say that we should be in Africa? Let alone for 50, make it a 100, years? Where?

That might sound black and white, but it’s the truth. We have to make sure the Middle East doesn’t dissolve into chaos.

Lance Murdock on May 9, 2008 at 4:54 PM

Would infidel hating muslims fighting infidel hating muslims be all bad?

I said the indigenous Lebs (i.e. Lebanese)

OH, you mean the Lebanese who invited the PLO and Hezb’allah in during the 60’s and 70’s with open arms? Those Lebanese. It ain’t gonna happen.

And MB4, are you going to use the National Enquirer as your next source of Middle Eastern information? They’re pretty much as accurate as Debka.

faraway on May 9, 2008 at 4:29 PM

I agree, faraway, but the aftermath and the piss poor advice on the aftermath is the sugar in w’s gastank. Something broke down in the “briefing the President” category, or “Senior Advisor” position. McCain hates Rummy, but Rummy warned on all of this and to his credit, has kept his mouth shut and taken one for the 21st century gipper.

Now we have China, who thinks she can eat our lunch and blow our satellites out of the sky, we have india teaming up with the enemy. What we need is a real all-inclusive American think tank to get us out of this mess.

If they are going to give me a poison pill when I turn 65 cause they can’t afford me as a retiree, I need to know about it so I can sail off the edge of the world on my own.

We have major domestic and international concerns. W took his eye off a lot of balls, even though he kept his eye on the home run ball, the game wasn’t over.

Allahpundit on May 9, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Allah, why does that comment surprise you? Libs are always talking about how we should be intervening in other countries’ situations. The only difference with Iraq is that George W. did it.

bloggless on May 9, 2008 at 4:43 PM

I have made how many comments on why “Iraq was a mistake” now?

That’s right, “umpteen thousand comments on this site about why Iraq was a mistake”.

Plus probably about the same, or more, comments on “immigration” and various other assorted topics and you think that I am a “lib”?

Astounding.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but when we, the United States of America are the only nation on Earth who gives a damn about innocent people and has the capabilities of intervening to solve the problems, sometimes we just have to stuck it up and get involved.

You could go on and say why aren’t we in Africa or some other region, but my defense to that is that we can’t be everywhere and we have to choose our battles that keeps the world as stable as possible. That might sound black and white, but it’s the truth. We have to make sure the Middle East doesn’t dissolve into chaos.